1 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:05,920 Speaker 1: Welcome everyone to the early week edition of Fair Territory. 2 00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:08,840 Speaker 1: We're airing this week on Tuesday. The good news is 3 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 1: we get to give you a full world series preview. 4 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 1: We're going to do that. We're going to talk about 5 00:00:13,520 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: the Mets and the Guardians, We're going to talk about 6 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 1: the impact of Shohotani, and as always, we are going 7 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 1: to answer your questions. All right, the world series Yankees 8 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 1: and the Dodgers, And this is a world series that, yes, 9 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 1: my employer, Fox is very excited about. It is a 10 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:32,600 Speaker 1: world series that MLB is very excited about. I know 11 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 1: not every fan is excited about it. If you live 12 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 1: in I don't know, any place between New York and 13 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:40,080 Speaker 1: LA maybe you're not so thrilled about this, knowing how 14 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 1: much money these teams spent, knowing the implications of the 15 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:46,120 Speaker 1: big market teams kind of buying their way in, which 16 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 1: is what you hear all the time in this sport, 17 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 1: really because there's no salary cap, which is the way 18 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:53,760 Speaker 1: it is, and it's going to be the way it 19 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:56,440 Speaker 1: continues to be for a while. But this is what 20 00:00:56,480 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 1: we have this year, and what's interesting to me is 21 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 1: let and it's never going to be perfect, right, If 22 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 1: we talk about last year the Diamondbacks and the Rangers, 23 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 1: people say, well, wait, where are the top seeds here? 24 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 1: What's going on? This playoff format needs to change so 25 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 1: the top seeds can get in. Well, not so fast. 26 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 1: This year we get the top seeds for the first 27 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 1: time since twenty thirteen, the best record in each league 28 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:23,399 Speaker 1: has made the World Series, and yet people still aren't happy. 29 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 1: So of course that's the way it is. That's the 30 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 1: beauty of our sport, the debate. But let's talk about 31 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 1: the matchup a little bit, because it's very interesting. Obviously, 32 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 1: we've got really the two best offenses in baseball. We've 33 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:38,760 Speaker 1: got one team, the Yankees, with a seemingly set rotation 34 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:42,399 Speaker 1: actually not seemingly a set rotation, and the Dodgers, with 35 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 1: I would call a rotation. I don't know that I 36 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 1: would call it all that set or all that glamorous. 37 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 1: It's a rotation that should be better equipped to do 38 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 1: some things that it didn't do earlier, simply because Yamamoto 39 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 1: and Bueller are further removed from their injuries, their gathering 40 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:00,360 Speaker 1: innings seemingly should be able to go a little bit 41 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 1: deeper into games with the extra rest here. But who knows. 42 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:06,840 Speaker 1: That's not the way the Dodgers' rotation is operated in 43 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 1: recent times in the playoffs, and I don't know that 44 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 1: it's the way they're going to operate again with the bullpen. 45 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: The strength of the club. Now, when you talk about 46 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:18,840 Speaker 1: the Yankees, I mean talk about Garrett Cole and Clark 47 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:22,799 Speaker 1: Schmidt and Carlos Rodin and Louis Heel. That's four guys. 48 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 1: Maybe Nestro Cortez Junior joins this staff as well for 49 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 1: the World Series. Aaron Boin indicated that earlier this week, 50 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 1: And if Cortez returns he's part of the bullpen. They 51 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 1: could use another lefty to go with Tim Hill to 52 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:39,360 Speaker 1: counter Sho Hee Otani and Freddie Freeman if he is healthy. 53 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:43,960 Speaker 1: So the Yankees' pitching staff, in my estimation, is deeper 54 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 1: and has more weapons in an overall sense. Rotation and 55 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 1: bullpen combined. The Dodger staff, well, it's okay, and certainly 56 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:56,360 Speaker 1: the bullpen is really good, but it just seems to 57 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 1: me the Yankees have more ways to go. Now, how 58 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 1: you might counter if you're a Dodgers fan, is by 59 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:05,079 Speaker 1: saying Ken the Padres had the deeper staff by far 60 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 1: in the division series, and the Dodgers won that series. 61 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:12,080 Speaker 1: The difference to me five games versus seven, and in 62 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:16,799 Speaker 1: a seven game series that depth should be a difference maker, 63 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 1: should be not always. And as I always say, with 64 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:23,400 Speaker 1: the playoffs, we can talk all we want, we can 65 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:26,240 Speaker 1: analyze it all we want. We have no idea what's 66 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 1: going to happen. And that's pretty much proven true already. 67 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:31,400 Speaker 1: You could have said, oh, the Dodgers were better than 68 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 1: the Mets, and that was inevitable that they would win 69 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 1: in six. But the game certainly didn't play out the 70 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 1: way I don't know anyone anticipated. And while the Yankees 71 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 1: were superior to the Guardians and that outcomes certainly did 72 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 1: make sense, that series tiered a few times, and it 73 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 1: could have gone either way had some different outcomes occurred. 74 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 1: So it's baseball. We don't have a real feel for 75 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:54,560 Speaker 1: what's going to happen, but we do know this. They're 76 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 1: going to be superstars all over the field. And that's 77 00:03:57,240 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 1: the cool part about this World Series. That's the part 78 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to the most. When these teams met 79 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 1: in June at Yankee Stadium, it was one of the 80 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 1: best series I've seen in the regular season in quite 81 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 1: some time. Like I said, star power all over the field. 82 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 1: That was the series in which Tioscar Hernandez went nuts 83 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:18,800 Speaker 1: had a really amazing performance. Six for twelve, three homers, 84 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:23,360 Speaker 1: nine RBIs and three games. But Otani and Freeman and 85 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 1: Bets for the Dodgers and then of course Judge Soto 86 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:29,920 Speaker 1: Stanton for the Yankees. We also have the two highest 87 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:33,479 Speaker 1: paid pitchers in the game, Yamamoto for the Dodgers Cole 88 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:36,360 Speaker 1: for the Yankees. I'm talking about highest paid in terms 89 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:39,919 Speaker 1: of total contract. So as you see right there, Garrett 90 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:42,719 Speaker 1: Cole is going to start Game one for the Yankees. 91 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:46,600 Speaker 1: The Dodgers have not announced any rotation yet. My guess 92 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:50,159 Speaker 1: is they go Flaherty in Game one because he'll be 93 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 1: coming off a proper amount of rest than Yamamoto in 94 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:54,839 Speaker 1: Game two. They can give him an extra day's rest 95 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:57,600 Speaker 1: coming back Bueller in three and they'd have to have 96 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 1: a bullpen game, most likely in game But we will 97 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:03,600 Speaker 1: see how it all plays out. Again, it should be 98 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:06,520 Speaker 1: a fascinating World Series. And in the inside dish, I'll 99 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 1: get into more the meaning of Otani being in the 100 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 1: World Series and as well this big market pole thing 101 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:17,720 Speaker 1: where fans have their own opinions put it that way. Now, 102 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:19,800 Speaker 1: before we go forward, I want to talk about the 103 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:24,279 Speaker 1: two teams that were just eliminated, because both had magnificent seasons, 104 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:27,680 Speaker 1: the Mets, the Guardians. The Mets, what can we say? 105 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:31,479 Speaker 1: That was an amazing run. It came seemingly out of 106 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:34,400 Speaker 1: nowhere based on where they were in late May. Yet 107 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: I go back to spring training. President Baseball Operations David 108 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:41,160 Speaker 1: Stern said then he thought they had a playoff team. Now, 109 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 1: I know heads of baseball operations always talk like that, 110 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:47,240 Speaker 1: but at the time, remember, the Mets were team in transition. 111 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 1: They had traded Scherzer in Verlander the year before. They 112 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:53,280 Speaker 1: hadn't done much in a big way in free agency. 113 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:55,599 Speaker 1: They had brought in some people who would prove pivotal. 114 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:59,520 Speaker 1: I'm talking about Mania and Severarino in particular, but it 115 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:03,360 Speaker 1: hadn't been particularly a sexy off season. Well, they had 116 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:05,600 Speaker 1: that zero to five start, they had that rocky first 117 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 1: two months, and then it all came together. The meeting 118 00:06:08,839 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 1: led by Lindor, the emergence of Iglesias, the restructuring of 119 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:15,840 Speaker 1: the bullpen, all of these things happened, and then they 120 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 1: had that great run through late September. And early October, 121 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 1: and Mets fans and different people have said, hey, this 122 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:26,839 Speaker 1: is only the beginning. This is the start of really 123 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:29,840 Speaker 1: what should be a great run for the New York Mets. 124 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 1: And I would agree with that in one sense. David 125 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 1: Stearns as head of baseball operations, Carlos Mendoza as manager. 126 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 1: They've got some stability there, and they've got some excellence 127 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:42,320 Speaker 1: there with those two guys. My only caution when people 128 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 1: say this is the start, here we go one, it's 129 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 1: hard to duplicate what they just did obviously, right, These 130 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 1: kinds of seasons don't happen very often. That's why they're 131 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 1: so special. And the other thing is they have a 132 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:57,159 Speaker 1: lot of work to do this offseason. Got to kind 133 00:06:57,160 --> 00:07:02,120 Speaker 1: of readjust their rotation. Manaias, Evarino, Quintana all expected to 134 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 1: hit free agency. Alonzo, of course, is a major question. 135 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 1: Will they go after Juan Soto? This is a question 136 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 1: as well. These are the kinds of things that they're 137 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:13,560 Speaker 1: going to need to address, and they're not insignificant. They've 138 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:16,960 Speaker 1: also got to restructure their bullpen in front of Edwin Diaz. 139 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:20,200 Speaker 1: But I remember, and this is the cautionary tale here, 140 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:23,680 Speaker 1: I remember twenty sixteen when the Cubs won, and I 141 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:26,080 Speaker 1: remember the column I wrote that night when they beat 142 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 1: the then Indians in Game seven, and what I wrote 143 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 1: was just what Mets fans are thinking right now. This 144 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 1: is the start. The Cubs have all these young players, 145 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:37,760 Speaker 1: they're really set. They should have a long run of 146 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:41,200 Speaker 1: dominance for the future, and it didn't happen. These things 147 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:44,040 Speaker 1: don't always happen in baseball. The good news is for 148 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:47,240 Speaker 1: the Mets quite clearly that they have a guy run 149 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 1: on the show now who is quite confident beyond that 150 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:53,520 Speaker 1: he's really good, David Stearns. And they've got a manager 151 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 1: who looks like he's going to be a star, so 152 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:59,240 Speaker 1: it starts there. They've also got some young talent coming now. Yes, 153 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:01,840 Speaker 1: the future is I just warn you that it's not 154 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 1: always a linear path to the World Series title. The 155 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:10,320 Speaker 1: Guardians much different situation, of course, because their payroll limitations 156 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:12,640 Speaker 1: are much greater than those of the Mets. Mets have 157 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 1: a ton of money coming off the books and should 158 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:18,080 Speaker 1: be able to do some things in free agency. The Guardians, 159 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 1: I imagine, will operate as the Guardians do, but you 160 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:24,520 Speaker 1: go back to last offseason with them as well, guys 161 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:28,000 Speaker 1: like me were highly critical of them for really doing nothing. 162 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:30,800 Speaker 1: They did hardly anything last winter, and the moves they 163 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:34,720 Speaker 1: made were sort of curious. So here they are. They 164 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 1: clearly need more offense. We saw that the one thing 165 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:40,440 Speaker 1: the Yankees had over the three other teams that were 166 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:43,120 Speaker 1: remaining in the American League, the Guardians, the Tigers, and 167 00:08:43,160 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 1: the Royals, the three Ale Central teams, is that their 168 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:50,079 Speaker 1: offense was so much better. That's the difference between those clubs. 169 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:53,000 Speaker 1: Guardians also need some help in the rotation. Bieber is 170 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:55,319 Speaker 1: a free agent. He's not coming back most likely, or 171 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:58,000 Speaker 1: if he comes back, it's on a make good deal, 172 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:00,520 Speaker 1: and who knows how he's going to be in that 173 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:03,680 Speaker 1: first year coming off of Tommy John. They need Tristan 174 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:05,600 Speaker 1: McKenzie to come around. They need some other things to 175 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 1: happen in the rotation. And Bill Penn obviously is fine, 176 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:10,319 Speaker 1: and I would like to see them get a bat 177 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:12,960 Speaker 1: as well in the outfield, in particular, right field is 178 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 1: a spot where Joe Kenzie to well was a fun story. 179 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:19,440 Speaker 1: But they could use one more slugger in that group. 180 00:09:19,720 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 1: And then maybe with the development internally of some of 181 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 1: their hitters and some guys that are coming. They've got 182 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:28,559 Speaker 1: some top prospects as well. They'll be okay. The playing 183 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:31,680 Speaker 1: in a division that is not as competitive as the Naleast, 184 00:09:31,679 --> 00:09:33,959 Speaker 1: where you have the Braves who will be resurgent, where 185 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,760 Speaker 1: you still have the Phillies. But it's a division the 186 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:40,680 Speaker 1: AL Central, that is quite competitive and quite good. It's 187 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:43,960 Speaker 1: just not the powerhouse kind of operation that we're seeing 188 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:46,760 Speaker 1: in the Analyst, the Al East, things like that. So 189 00:09:47,559 --> 00:09:50,320 Speaker 1: I love where the Guardians are. I issue the same 190 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:53,800 Speaker 1: cautionary tale that it's not always easy to recapture that 191 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:56,280 Speaker 1: magic in another year. And the thing that they have, 192 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 1: and it's very similar to the Mets, actually is a 193 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 1: front office with a long track record of stability and success. 194 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:07,520 Speaker 1: Chris Antonetti, Mike turn Off that group. They do a 195 00:10:07,559 --> 00:10:11,600 Speaker 1: fantastic job under trying circumstances. They never have a lot 196 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 1: of money to spend in Cleveland. They've also got a manager, 197 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:17,559 Speaker 1: Stephen Vote, who has proven that while you can question 198 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:19,600 Speaker 1: some of the things in the postseason, he has proven 199 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:21,840 Speaker 1: to be a really good manager. I want to show 200 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:25,160 Speaker 1: you a quote from him that really, in my mind, 201 00:10:25,480 --> 00:10:28,040 Speaker 1: was the best quote I've ever seen about managing in 202 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:31,600 Speaker 1: the postseason. Here's Stephen Vote and what he said. He said. 203 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:34,319 Speaker 1: The way I do it is I ask myself what's true. 204 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:36,840 Speaker 1: You can write a narrative in your head and spin 205 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 1: yourself down a negative path and beat yourself up and 206 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:42,680 Speaker 1: second guests and go back. But what's true is you 207 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:45,440 Speaker 1: made what you thought was the best decision in the moment, 208 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:48,240 Speaker 1: and then you leave it behind. I have a mentor 209 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:51,080 Speaker 1: of mine that says, learn the lesson, leave the event. 210 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:53,920 Speaker 1: You leave the event behind and you learn everything you 211 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:57,959 Speaker 1: can from it and there's no going back. Actually, those 212 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:01,079 Speaker 1: words are good for life life advice as well as 213 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 1: managing advice, if you think about it. But I love votes, levelheadedness. 214 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:08,280 Speaker 1: I love just what he brought to that team replacing 215 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:11,319 Speaker 1: Terry Francona. They've got the right guy, as the Mets 216 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:14,079 Speaker 1: have the right guy and these two teams, no matter 217 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:16,920 Speaker 1: what happens next year, they've got the right foundation in 218 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 1: place as far as their leadership is concerned. Time now 219 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:22,720 Speaker 1: for the inside Dish, the part of the show where 220 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:25,000 Speaker 1: I talk about maybe something I've written, a trend in 221 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:27,520 Speaker 1: the game, something that I might want to highlight that 222 00:11:27,640 --> 00:11:30,440 Speaker 1: is going on. And that is the case this week. 223 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:33,720 Speaker 1: It is concerning something I've written, but it's also the 224 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:37,199 Speaker 1: main storyline of the World Series. And after Game six 225 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:40,520 Speaker 1: of the NLCS, I wrote about Joey Otani finally going 226 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:43,040 Speaker 1: to the World Series, finally hitting. As I said, there 227 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:46,439 Speaker 1: the biggest stage, and it's something fans have been talking 228 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:49,040 Speaker 1: about for years, all those years when he was with 229 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:52,199 Speaker 1: the Angels not making the playoffs. He finally gets to 230 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 1: the playoffs this year, and as he said in that 231 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:57,680 Speaker 1: interview I did with him after Game six, this is 232 00:11:57,720 --> 00:12:01,040 Speaker 1: the place I've always dreamed of, the World Series, And 233 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:03,920 Speaker 1: in many ways, this is the place that baseball has 234 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:06,480 Speaker 1: dreamed of. Now. As I mentioned earlier, it's not just 235 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:09,720 Speaker 1: him that's the beauty of this It's Bets, it's Freeman, 236 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:13,080 Speaker 1: It's for the Yankees, Judge, Soto and Stanton and of 237 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:15,560 Speaker 1: course on the pitching side, Kol Yamamoto. We can go 238 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:18,840 Speaker 1: on and on. There will be star power galore in 239 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:22,400 Speaker 1: this series. But Otani is the guy because he is 240 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:26,240 Speaker 1: such a singular player who can elevate this sport a 241 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:29,360 Speaker 1: little bit higher. And when I say that, you might ask, 242 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:32,600 Speaker 1: what's the difference between him and Aaron Judge. Both are amazing, 243 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:35,760 Speaker 1: and in fact, Judge, when going by ops or any 244 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:39,920 Speaker 1: other advanced measure had the better offensive season. All true, 245 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:43,240 Speaker 1: Otani has the pitching thing, which he doesn't have right now, 246 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:45,760 Speaker 1: of course, But he also has more to the point, 247 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:50,520 Speaker 1: the international thing, the ability to draw this continent and 248 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:54,439 Speaker 1: Japan and Asia into the equation here. And he will 249 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:57,680 Speaker 1: do that so because he is so special, because he 250 00:12:57,720 --> 00:13:00,880 Speaker 1: is so different. He is a guy who will bring 251 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:04,120 Speaker 1: in more casual fans I would expect than the norm. 252 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:06,880 Speaker 1: He is a guy who, of course will also attract 253 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:10,160 Speaker 1: his legions of followers in Japan, and all of those 254 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:13,720 Speaker 1: eyeballs will be added to those from the two largest 255 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:16,319 Speaker 1: markets in the country. That's a good thing for the 256 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 1: sport in the sense that, hey, the more attention you get, 257 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:23,880 Speaker 1: the better off we are. Now. The bigger thing to 258 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:28,160 Speaker 1: me is where this goes. And I say that with 259 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:31,480 Speaker 1: this matchup, because yes, you have the two largest markets, 260 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:33,920 Speaker 1: you should have big ratings in all of that. But 261 00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:37,160 Speaker 1: does it mean anything for baseball in the long run. 262 00:13:37,559 --> 00:13:40,120 Speaker 1: I'm not sure that's true, and I'm not sure that happens. 263 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:44,080 Speaker 1: This is largely a regionalized sport. The NFL is this 264 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:47,839 Speaker 1: national monster that can have a Super Bowl in which 265 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:50,160 Speaker 1: it doesn't matter which teams are playing, right, the ratings 266 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:51,760 Speaker 1: are always going to be high. Now it's a one 267 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:55,720 Speaker 1: day event, obviously, the World Series is four or five, 268 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:58,080 Speaker 1: six or seven day event, actually more than that with 269 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:01,280 Speaker 1: the off days built in. Its different animal. But the 270 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:04,120 Speaker 1: sports are different. We see that in the way they're televised. 271 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 1: The NFL has one big national contract, again in part 272 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:10,760 Speaker 1: because they play once a week, and baseball has well, well, 273 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:13,959 Speaker 1: what it has with television contracts right now is sort 274 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:16,599 Speaker 1: of remaining to be seen. Some teams have them, some 275 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:19,600 Speaker 1: teams don't, some teams are in flux, et cetera. The 276 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:23,720 Speaker 1: national contracts exist, but not to the same influence as 277 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:27,880 Speaker 1: they do in the NFL. So where are we here 278 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:31,320 Speaker 1: and how can this elevate the sport? Just having Otani 279 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:34,040 Speaker 1: on this stage and these teams on this stage. Well, 280 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:37,240 Speaker 1: where we are is a place where the sport is 281 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 1: second to the NFL, And some would argue the NBA 282 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:43,400 Speaker 1: In the nineteen forties and fifties, when the Yankees and 283 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:46,520 Speaker 1: Dodgers met regularly in the World Series, it certainly wasn't 284 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:49,280 Speaker 1: that way. It certainly wasn't that way as well in 285 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:51,840 Speaker 1: the late seventies and eighties when they met three times 286 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:56,840 Speaker 1: in five years. But perhaps now with Otani entering the 287 00:14:56,880 --> 00:15:00,240 Speaker 1: equation and judging the other stars as well, perhaps if 288 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:03,280 Speaker 1: we get a compelling series, you do get a little 289 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:07,840 Speaker 1: bit of momentum toward a better future, an elevated status, 290 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:10,400 Speaker 1: if you will. Now, I don't expect major changes to 291 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:12,880 Speaker 1: take place. I don't expect legions of new fans to 292 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:16,160 Speaker 1: start following baseball. But the reason this series is so 293 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:18,840 Speaker 1: intriguing to me is because not only should we have 294 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:22,760 Speaker 1: outstanding competition on the field, As I wrote, that series 295 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:26,640 Speaker 1: that the Dodgers and Yankees played in June was exquisite baseball. 296 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:29,120 Speaker 1: We not only have that, but we have these stars, 297 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:31,800 Speaker 1: and we have Otani, who does things on a field 298 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:34,560 Speaker 1: that no one has ever seen. Even the home run 299 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:37,160 Speaker 1: in I can't recall which game it was in the NLCS, 300 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 1: the one that sailed over the foul pole. That's crazy stuff. 301 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:43,080 Speaker 1: I'm judge can do that and has done stuff like that, 302 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:46,960 Speaker 1: But O'tani seems to do things like this regularly, hits 303 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:49,480 Speaker 1: the ball harder than anyone else, all this stuff, and 304 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:53,480 Speaker 1: he is just a singularly compelling figure. We don't know 305 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:55,880 Speaker 1: all that much about him. What we get is what 306 00:15:55,920 --> 00:15:58,360 Speaker 1: we hear from his interpreter when he is speaking, and 307 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:02,440 Speaker 1: that's really it. Ohtani speaks in bromides. He doesn't really 308 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:05,800 Speaker 1: say much when he does his interviews, and he's a 309 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:08,360 Speaker 1: guy that has a certain air of mystery about him. 310 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:11,560 Speaker 1: That all adds to this, and it all adds to 311 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:16,120 Speaker 1: the intrigue of having him on this stage. So while 312 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:18,760 Speaker 1: I know fans in smaller markets are looking at this 313 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 1: matchup and rolling their eyes, were not all fans, but 314 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:24,760 Speaker 1: some fans, what we really should do is look at 315 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:28,640 Speaker 1: this as an appreciation of the sport at its finest. Well, 316 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:31,000 Speaker 1: you can say, hey, the World Series is that every year. 317 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:33,560 Speaker 1: But you know what I would suggest last year, the 318 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:37,560 Speaker 1: Arizona Diamondbacks Texas Rangers matchup was not entirely that. The 319 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:40,640 Speaker 1: Diamondbacks lineup was one that didn't look like it belonged 320 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:42,920 Speaker 1: in the World Series. The Rangers different story. They had 321 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:46,120 Speaker 1: stars all over the field, They had an excellent vibe 322 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:48,640 Speaker 1: about them, and they kind of went about it in 323 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:51,280 Speaker 1: a way where their pitching that was really cool. And 324 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:53,960 Speaker 1: Bruce Bochie of course was a manager. I'm not disrespecting 325 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:57,320 Speaker 1: the Diamondbacks. I'm just saying that wasn't the kind of 326 00:16:57,400 --> 00:17:01,080 Speaker 1: team we're seeing in this World Series. So while they 327 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:02,920 Speaker 1: got there and they deserve to get there, and the 328 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:06,320 Speaker 1: tournament was brilliant in the way they went about it 329 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:09,720 Speaker 1: beating the Phillies, that matchup wasn't all that sexy, and 330 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:12,280 Speaker 1: we saw it in the ratings. People didn't want to watch. 331 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:15,120 Speaker 1: So we're going to see higher ratings here, We're going 332 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:17,560 Speaker 1: to see better baseball, and I hope we're going to 333 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:22,199 Speaker 1: see fans from all cities, smaller markets, larger markets. Just 334 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:26,480 Speaker 1: appreciate the quality of what we're seeing and the uniqueness 335 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:30,640 Speaker 1: of Otani. Again, it doesn't solve all of our sports problems. 336 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:35,200 Speaker 1: And as I wrote, the economic disparity, the payroll disparity 337 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:38,199 Speaker 1: between teams like the Dodgers and Yankees and teams like 338 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:42,320 Speaker 1: the Guardians and others, that's a real issue. It's an 339 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:44,800 Speaker 1: enduring issue in our sport. It's one that has never 340 00:17:44,880 --> 00:17:47,640 Speaker 1: been solved, and I don't know that it ever will 341 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:49,639 Speaker 1: be solved. I don't know that we're ever going to 342 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:53,760 Speaker 1: have a salary cap, not without a work stoppage. So again, 343 00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:57,160 Speaker 1: appreciate this for what it is. Try if you can 344 00:17:57,640 --> 00:18:00,800 Speaker 1: to put away your local preferences for a minute and 345 00:18:00,920 --> 00:18:03,679 Speaker 1: watch the sport and appreciate the sport for what should 346 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:06,919 Speaker 1: be the sport at its finest. That is what this 347 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:09,680 Speaker 1: series is all about. It's not about the second biggest 348 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:12,920 Speaker 1: payroll versus the third biggest payroll. It's about the sheer 349 00:18:13,040 --> 00:18:15,959 Speaker 1: quality of talent that we're going to see, and it's 350 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:22,119 Speaker 1: about one guy as well, Otani, who has electrified this sport. 351 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:25,320 Speaker 1: He has transformed this sport in certain ways, he has 352 00:18:25,359 --> 00:18:28,880 Speaker 1: elevated it in an international way. So that's what I'm 353 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:31,080 Speaker 1: looking forward to you here. I hope that's what all 354 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:33,760 Speaker 1: fans are looking forward to here. And the fact that 355 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:38,560 Speaker 1: Otani is finally in this position, finally ready to appear 356 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:41,960 Speaker 1: in the World Series. It's really cool. It's something we've 357 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:45,000 Speaker 1: all talked about. Now that it's here, let's enjoy it. 358 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:48,359 Speaker 1: We'll be right back after a quick word from aj Prasinski, 359 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:52,000 Speaker 1: Aeric Kratz and Scott Brown. 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Unlock 377 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:47,040 Speaker 2: a healthier, easier way to eat with fuel nutritionally complete 378 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:50,360 Speaker 2: meals in minutes so you can focus on what really matters. 379 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:54,600 Speaker 1: Time now for grilling Ken. Let's get to your questions, 380 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:57,560 Speaker 1: and the question is what's the one big move you 381 00:19:57,640 --> 00:20:00,760 Speaker 1: believe the Phillies will try to pull off. Really good question, 382 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:05,199 Speaker 1: Philli Nation, Actually, because Dave Dembrawski in his end of 383 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:08,439 Speaker 1: season news conference kind of indicated he was happy with 384 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:10,520 Speaker 1: what he had, and he should be. He's got a 385 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:14,280 Speaker 1: really good core of players. But I'm sure as well 386 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:17,159 Speaker 1: that there are going to be changes. Dembrawski as the 387 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:19,920 Speaker 1: head of baseball operations, he's not the type to tip 388 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:22,680 Speaker 1: his hand, So you might ask, what are they going 389 00:20:22,760 --> 00:20:26,800 Speaker 1: to do now? The obvious move, in my opinion, is 390 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:29,240 Speaker 1: a center fielder if you're going to keep Marsh in left, 391 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:32,520 Speaker 1: or a left fielder if you're going to move Marsh 392 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:36,040 Speaker 1: to center. Now, identifying that player isn't easy, and I 393 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:38,400 Speaker 1: know Philly fans out there might be raising their hand 394 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:40,840 Speaker 1: and saying, WHOA, there's a left fielder that we'd like. 395 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:43,480 Speaker 1: His name is Juan Soto. I just don't know that 396 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:45,919 Speaker 1: the owner, John Middleton, is going to go for another 397 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:49,240 Speaker 1: massive contract. I expect they'll be in there at some level. 398 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:52,199 Speaker 1: They'll at least explore the market, but I don't know 399 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:55,480 Speaker 1: that they end up with Juan Soto. So perhaps an 400 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:59,400 Speaker 1: altfielder that would be, in my estimation, the obvious move 401 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:01,760 Speaker 1: for them, But I wouldn't put anything past them. Could 402 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:04,280 Speaker 1: they trade Bone, Could they trade Stott? Could they do 403 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:07,199 Speaker 1: something that kind of surprises us, to shake it up 404 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:09,960 Speaker 1: a little bit, that would not shock me. Dave Dembrowski 405 00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:13,399 Speaker 1: is a guy who does things. He does not sit still. 406 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:17,399 Speaker 1: He does not let the status quo simply linger. So, Yes, 407 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:19,960 Speaker 1: I believe the Phillies will do something big. I just 408 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:24,720 Speaker 1: don't know what it is. Next question, this one comes 409 00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:28,640 Speaker 1: from Goose. Goose asks realistically, where do you see Juan 410 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:34,400 Speaker 1: Soda next season? Staying with in New York or Goose? 411 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:37,200 Speaker 1: The only way I can answer this is by saying, 412 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:40,200 Speaker 1: I see Juan Soda going for the highest offer. He's 413 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:43,240 Speaker 1: been pointing toward this moment, right. He turned down a 414 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:45,440 Speaker 1: few years back from the Nationals four hundred and forty 415 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:49,719 Speaker 1: million over fifteen years, not a great, aav great guarantee 416 00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:53,560 Speaker 1: at the time, and I expect that he's going to 417 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:56,760 Speaker 1: want to beat Otani's present day value, which is somewhere 418 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:59,440 Speaker 1: in the high forties. He's going to want fifteen million 419 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:01,959 Speaker 1: a year, some day value, and he's gonna want it 420 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:04,639 Speaker 1: over a long period. That's why you're hearing talk of 421 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:08,040 Speaker 1: five hundred million, six hundred million. It's realistic based on 422 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:10,480 Speaker 1: where people think this is going. So will it be 423 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:12,119 Speaker 1: the Mets, will be the Yankees, will it be some 424 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:15,600 Speaker 1: other team? I don't know. You can argue, as Yankee 425 00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:19,280 Speaker 1: fans have that they cannot afford to lose Juan Soto, 426 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:21,800 Speaker 1: Well they can afford to lose him. The franchise is 427 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:24,879 Speaker 1: not going to grumble, but they are certainly as we 428 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:28,200 Speaker 1: have seen a much better team with Soto and Judge 429 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:30,760 Speaker 1: than with just Judge and Stanton a loon or something 430 00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:33,920 Speaker 1: like that. That said, if Steve Cohen, the owner of 431 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:36,560 Speaker 1: the New York Mets, really want Soto, is he going 432 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:39,679 Speaker 1: to be outbid by hal Steinberner. I would tend to 433 00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:42,400 Speaker 1: doubt it. And Soto, if you think about it, really 434 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:44,560 Speaker 1: fits into what the Mets are trying to do. He's 435 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:46,800 Speaker 1: the right age, He's gonna be twenty six next season. 436 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:50,080 Speaker 1: They're trying to get a younger, sustainable team in place, 437 00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:53,560 Speaker 1: so he might be for Steve Cohen something of a 438 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:57,600 Speaker 1: holy grail. And if that happens, and if hel Steinberner 439 00:22:57,640 --> 00:22:59,439 Speaker 1: is in a bidding war, I don't know that hel 440 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:03,600 Speaker 1: Steinberner is going to win. So long answer short, I 441 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:06,240 Speaker 1: don't know where Jan Soda is going. I do expect 442 00:23:06,359 --> 00:23:09,400 Speaker 1: he's going for the most money. This talk of him 443 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:12,320 Speaker 1: not wanting to be second fiddle to Judge, whoa whoa, whoa. 444 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:15,280 Speaker 1: If the Yankees pay Wan Soda the money for the 445 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:17,879 Speaker 1: most money, he will be a Yankee. It's as simple 446 00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:22,800 Speaker 1: as fat. Next question it comes from Drew, who asks 447 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:25,719 Speaker 1: kind of a question on the opposite side of the spectrum. 448 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:29,520 Speaker 1: Will the Pirates actually spend money in this year's free agency? 449 00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:32,440 Speaker 1: Always a good question when concerning the Pittsburgh Pirates, because 450 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:35,119 Speaker 1: generally speaking they do not spend money, right We know 451 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:37,440 Speaker 1: this that the Pirates, they're own by Bobby Undy. They 452 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:40,400 Speaker 1: do what they do. They need in my estimation, one 453 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:43,240 Speaker 1: more starter to go with the great core that they 454 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:47,119 Speaker 1: have Skins, Jared Jones, Mitch Keller, they have others as well, 455 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:50,080 Speaker 1: or Tees and Bally Falter, but they could use one 456 00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:54,959 Speaker 1: more big times veteran guy. Doesn't have to be Corbyn Burns, 457 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:57,960 Speaker 1: but someone who could really help stabilize that rotation, someone 458 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,960 Speaker 1: who kind of is this year as shaman in my 459 00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:03,680 Speaker 1: estimation as well, And this one's pretty clear they need 460 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:07,040 Speaker 1: help offensively, and really where they can do it is 461 00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:09,840 Speaker 1: in the outfield. Their right field, I believe was twenty 462 00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:13,720 Speaker 1: seventh in OPS. That's an area of clear need. Guys 463 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:17,200 Speaker 1: like for Doogo Tyler O'Neil. They might appeal to the Pirates. 464 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:19,480 Speaker 1: They're not going to be swimming in the Jan Soto pool. 465 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:22,000 Speaker 1: We know that. But this is a team with sixty 466 00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:24,880 Speaker 1: four point five million in commitments. Let's just say they 467 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:27,760 Speaker 1: have room to grow. It's always the case with the Pirates. 468 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:30,120 Speaker 1: We know what they do. They spend a little bit, 469 00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:33,480 Speaker 1: a little bit to say well, they're not as cheap 470 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:36,280 Speaker 1: as maybe we think, but they don't spend enough. So 471 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:39,360 Speaker 1: ultimately people do think, yes, they are as cheap as 472 00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:42,159 Speaker 1: we think. 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